To talk about the McCoys and “Hang On Sloopy,” we first need to talk about the Strangeloves, who fucking ruled. The trio of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and Richard Gottehrer came along at the tail ...
Just a week after the McCoys’s version topped the Billboard charts, the Ohio State University Marching Band first played “Hang on Sloopy” in the Shoe on Oct. 9, 1965 during halftime in a show to honor ...
In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. To talk about ...